Hay-stacker.



W. H. HBNINGER.

HAY STAOKER.

APPLICATION FILED 11120.27, 1909.

Patented 0013. 4, 1910.

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W. H. HBNINGER. HAY STAGKEB.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 27, 1909.

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WILLIAM H. HENINGEB, OF XENIA, ILLINOIS.

I-IAY-STACKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. at, 1910.

Application filed December 27, 1909. Serial No. 535,195.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, WILLIAM H. Hartmone, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Xenia, Clay county, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Stackers, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being l ad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in hay staekers, the object of my invention being to construct a portable stacker having a pivoted standard arranged to incline in transit and to be supported upon a bracket carried by the base section of the stacker.

A further object of my invention is to construct a portable hay stacker having a pivoted standard and to provide therefor a movable arm arranged to swing and be sup ported by said standard, there being a selfdumping fork carried by said arm, said arm being movable for purposes of moving the fork from a load to the stack and for purposes of swinging the arm to a horizontal position when the standard is tilted into a carrying position.

For the above purposes my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete stacker, a portion of the standard and portions of the swinging arm being removed; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the fork employed with the stacker; Fig. 3 is a plan of the base section of the stacker, the pivoted standard being shown in section; Fig. 4 is a vertical, sectional elevation showing a portion of the upper end of the standard and means for pivotally supporting the swinging arm thereon; and, Fig. 5 is a transverse, sectional elevation taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing the connection between the standard and the supporting braces for the swinging arm.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the base of the stacker which is of the ordinary sledge construction. llhe base is provided with a cross tie 2 adjacent its longitudinal center, and supported upon the upper face of the cross tie 2 is a pair of uprights 3 which are spaced apart, and extending from adjacent the upper end of the uprights are the forward braces a the lower end of which braces are secured to the forward cross tie 5 of the base section. A similar pair of braces (3 are secured to the rear face of the uprights at their upper ends and at their lower ends to the cross tie 7 of the base, and secured to the side faces of the uprights 3, adjacent their upper ends, are the braces S, which braces are secured at their lower ends to the side members 9 of the base. A standard 10 is positioned between the uprights 3 and is supported upon the pin 11 which extends through the uprights and through said standard and is positioned adjacent the free ends of said uprights. To lock the standard in a position parallel with said uprights or in a vertical position, a U-shaped strap 12 is secured adjacent the lower end of the uprights and has forwardly projecting perforated ends through which a removable pin 13 is inserted, the body portion of the pin between said perforated ends of the strap 12 lying against the front face of the standard. Mounted for rotation upon the braces 6 is a winding drum 14 having an operating lever 15 and secured to the standard, adjacent its lower end, above the strap 12 is a perforated bracket 16, and secured to said bracket and arranged for winding upon said drum is a rope l7. Secured to the braces 6 and to the uprights 3 is a standard-supporting device comprising arms 18 having their free ends united by a semicircular, integral rest 19. The portion of the standard 10 projecting upwardly beyond the uprights 3 is preferably circular in cross section and tapers. Formed in the upper extremity of the standard 10 is a depression 20 and seated in the depression 20 is a pin 21, and carried by the pin and preferably formed integral therewith is a rectangular open-ended housing 22. Embracing the pin 21 and secured thereto in any suitable manner is a sleeve 23 which rests upon the upper end of the standard 10. Inserted through the housing 22 and resting upon the lower inner face thereof and secured against movement relative to the housing by the bolt 24, is an arm 25 which projects from each side of the housing 22, the portion of the arm 25 to the left side of said housing 22 being of considerably greater length than the portion projecting to the right of the housing. Rotatably mounted in the housing above the arm 25 is a pulley 26. The right hand extremity of the arm 25 is embraced by a U-shaped bearing plate 27 and rotatably mounted therein is a pulley 28: The left hand end of the arm 25 is provided with a U-shaped bearing 29 and rotatably mounted therein is a pulley 30. Supported by the pulleys 26, 28 and 80 is a rope or cable 31. The portion of the rope pendent from the pulley 28 embraces pulley 32 supported on the base 1 and the end of said rope is wound upon a drum supported in suitable uprights 34 secured to the base section, and said drum is provided with a crank 35. The free end of the rope 31, or that portion pendent from the pulley 30, is secured to and carries a fork 36 which is provided with a knuckle-jointed lever 37 having secured thereto a rope 38 which passes through the handle 39 adjacent the fork to provide means for dumping the fork. The standard 10 is provided with a shoulder t0 and embracing the standard and resting upon the shoulder 40 is a pair of straps 41 the ends of each of which are bent upwardly and outwardly, and secured to the straps 41 are the braces l2 extending outwardly and upwardly parallel with and secured to the arm 25. The braces L2, straps 41 and shoulder 40 form a second bearing for the arm 25, the first bearing being the pin 21. In this manner the great weight of the arm 25 and the uprights carried thereby is divided.

In practical operation, the fork is loaded with hay or the like from a wagon or from rakes as the case may be, the crank arm 35 is then operated to impart motion to the winding drum 33 which elevates the fork and hay thereon; the arm 25 is then swung to a point where it is desired to form a stack, the rope 38 is then grasped to break the lever 37 whereupon the weight of the hay carried by the fork will automatically dump the fork; the arm 25 is then swung in a position to receive a second load on the fork and this operation is continued in this manner until the stack is formed. If it be then desired to change the position of the entire stacker to form another stack or for traveling from point to point, the standard 10 may be swung to a position as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l and the arm 25 swung to occupy a horizontal or approximately horizontal plane as required to pass under trees, trolley wires or the like.

I claim:

1. In a portable hay stacker, a sledge, a pair of uprights secured to the sledge, pairs of braces extending forwardly and rearwardly secured to said upright and to said base, a standard pivotally supported by said uprights, a drum supported by the pair of braces extending rearwardly from the uprights, a rope arranged to be wound upon said drum and secured to said standard and arms secured to said uprights and to the braces supporting said drum having their uppermost ends united to form a support for said standard when inclined.

2. In a portable hay stacker, a sledge, a pair of uprights secured to the sledge, pairs of braces extending forwardly and rearwardly secured to said upright and to said base, a standard pivotally supported by said uprights, a drum supported by the pair of braces extending rearwardly from the up rights, a rope arranged to be wound upon said drum and secured to said standard, arms secured to said uprights and to the braces supporting said drum having their 'uppermostends united to form a support for said standard when inclined, a swinging arm carried by said standard, pulleys on said arm, a rope supported by said pulleys, a fork pendent from one end of the rope and means carried by the sledge for raising and lowering said fork.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM H. HENINGER.

Witnesses:

IVILL'IAM S. MULLINS, M. D. HoLMAN. 

